A couple weeks ago Whiteline issued a Product Safety Recall for a few of their Subaru rear sway bars due to clearancing issues. The blades on the affected sway bars are too long and may interfere with the rear brake lines. If you own any of the sway bars mentioned below please read on and to learn how to measure the ends of your sway bars to make sure you are not part of the affected batch.

Below is the information Whiteline has been trying to get out to every customer they have a record of purchasing the affected sway bars and the retailers that carry them. Should you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact the Whiteline team at:

support@redrangerusa.com

Dear valued Whiteline customer,

We wish to advise of a possible production defect tolerance issue regarding the below Whiteline rear sway bars:

Part Numbers

BSR33Z

BSR33XZ

Applicable Vehicles

Subaru Impreza GD1 MY01-02 INCL TURBO & STI 10/00-9/02

Defect

Possible blade clearance issues with factory brake line

Part Numbers

BSR36Z

BSR36XZ

Applicable Vehicles

Subaru Impreza STI GD MY03-04 10/02-9/04

Subaru Impreza GD2 MY03-07 INCL WRX, EXCL STI 9/02-9/07

Saab 9-2X 9-2X 9/02-9/07

Defect

Possible blade clearance issues with factory brake line

Action required

1. Please immediately quarantine stock of any of the above part numbers and advise of current inventory on hand

2. Note guidelines to check possibly affected stock are as follows

a. Stock purchased and installed since October 2010 to present.

b. For inventory currently on the shelf please quarantine stock with production batch date on the part number label of September 2010 onwards.

3. Please advise all affected customers within this date range (October 2010 to present) to inspect the clearance of their fitted Whiteline sway bar blade ends (both ends) based on the image below. If support is required in contacting customers please advise

a. Maximum length of 220mm blade arm to center of the sway bar at the mounting point(refer images below). If unable to inspect or accurately measure we strongly urge customer to take their vehicle to the original installer or nearest authorized Whiteline Performance Center for inspection.

4. Should the bar be deemed to be exceeding the critical length of 220mm or should the customer show concern over this product issue we strongly urge you to please contact us to request a replacement with the following information

a. Location/ shipping address

b. Dealer from whom they purchased sway bar in question

c. Picture evidence

5. Whiteline is applying its maximum resources to arrange immediate replacement stock however should stock be unavailable at the point of inspection/ request and the car is considered un-roadworthy please undertake the following precautionary measure whilst replacement stock is arranged.

a. We recommend you refit the original factory sway bar

b. If no factory bar is available we recommend the bar is removed from the vehicle and shortened as per below image

We apologise for the inconvenience this product issue may cause and Whiteline will provide replacement stock at no charge to the dealer or consumer. Whiteline will also be offering compensation for labour costs via a number of methods suitable to those affected!